“My parents. They're everything I want to be. They're hardworking, they encourage me and never give up on me.”

— Pauline Ness, banker, Lawrence

“I'm going to say (Lawrence poet) Ed Tato, plain and simple.”

— Jackie Treiber, loan agent, Lawrence

“Adrian Frutiger. He's a famous typographer and designer. He has really simplistic ideas on design, and as a graphic designer I look up to him a lot.”

— Scott McCauley, graphic designer, Lawrence

“Mark Eaton. He's a family friend back home who's a great guy - somebody I always looked up to growing up.”

— Devon Teran, Kansas University junior, Lawrence